Cattle-car.



Patented Sept. 4, I900.

CATTLE CAB. (Application filed Apr. 21. 1896A 5 Sheets Sheet I.

E. RYKOVSKOFF.

(In mm.)

M 9 Kw No. 657,454. Patented Sept. 4, I900.

E. RY'KOVSKOFF.

CATTLE GAB.

(Application filed Apr. 21.1896.)

5 ShBBiO-$ha8f 2.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 4, I900. E; RYKDVSKOFF.

CATTLE GAR.

(Application filed Apr. 21, 1596.1

5 Sheets-Sheet 3.

(No man.)

No. 657,454. Patented Sept. 4, I900.

E. RYK OVSKDFF.

CATTLE CAR.

(Application filed Apr. 21, 1896. (No Model.) s Sheets-Shoot s.

. I ED STATES- PATENT OFFICE. =i

' US R'Ynovs orr, on Moscow, RUSSIA CATTLE-CAR .siPECIFICl-ATIQN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 657,454, datedv Application filed .lphigi, 1896.: Serial No. 588,511. (No model.)

To alliwhomjt may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGRAPHUS RYKov SKOFF, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, and a resident of Moscow, Russia, have inyented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Oars for Cattle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to stock-cars,

and more especially to two-storied or so-called double-deck cars; and it consists in certain improvements hereinafter to be fully described,

So far as I am aware double-deck cars have before myinvention not been constructed for the accommodation on both decks of the larger stock, as cattle and horses, owing to the difficulty in obtaining the necessary clear space vertically without increasing the height of; the calf: beyondihensual prescribedlimits.-

The objectiojflmy invention lies in the construction offthe car body relatively to the trunk, whereby the required height of both decks is obtained without exceeding the usual prescribed limit of height of cars. I

, ,Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and l respectively show the left half, 'of a stock-car embodying-my inventionz-in vertical section and the right half in elevation.

I Figs. 2' and 2, respectively, show the lower and upper decks in horizontal.

, sectiom-part of the flooring in the latter fig- 1 r'nauner,though I- prefer toconstruct the framingF of metal and'the paneling of wood, and

'ur'e being broken away; and cross-section and half elevation of'the car.

Fig. 3 is a half The,. body ofthe car, which is or maybe a bQXf-Gfll, may be constructed in any usual said carebody may be supported from two or four wheel trucks, the former arrangement being shown in the drawings.

In order that therequired height of decks may be obtained without increasing or greatly increasing the usual prescribed height of the car, I drop the lower deck-floor A quite considerablybelow the wheel-axles A or as much as the track will permit and so as to obtain a clear height of about six feet three inches, which is sufficient for the largest kind of cat- I tie and medium-sized horses,=-while for the transportation of the larger class of horses the car-roof immediately above "the feed- I do-not deem necessary to 'jillustrare, as

builder. Both decks of the car are divided ments, first, by means of thefeed-troughs B for the lower deck and B'forthe upper deck, and, secondly, by means of cross-beams c and and narrow crosspartitions d, seated on said beams, which are arranged immediately above and extend along, the center of the troughs and are provided with rings e to tie the stock to. In this manner the troughs are divided, so that stock on one side cannot interfere with stock on the oppositeside of the troughs, while there is a considerable space above the cross-partition d, which insures free circulation of air throughout the compartments.

The troughs B B are raised above the deck-V -fioors- -ore se-ions purpeses, and-the space E below them is utilized as a storagespace for provender, except, of course,the two trou hs on the lower deck that lieimmediately above the wheel-axles, the drop of the floor being such as to bring these troughs to a sufiicient elevation. Access is -had to these storagechambers from withoutthrough openings h h in the sides of the car, normally closedby suitable doors. v

Betweenthe two center compartments of partment G, from which access may be had through doors D to the adjacent stock-comment 0, as well as to all of the stock-coinpartments, from without onlythrough doors D, F, and F and suitable iron steps b, secured to the sides of the carina well-known manner. All of the stockcompartments compartments of the lower. deck, access to which is had through a common doorway In the floor of the attendants compartment C is an opening a, by means of which super Vision can be had of the stock-compartments of the lower deck,-though these do not consteps or ladder or the like.

which in cold or inclement weather can be closed by suitable slides. The doors for the troughs can be sufiicientlyraised, and this compartments of the upper deck slide on rails it is a-matter within the province of any car transversely into separate stockcompartpartments, access being had to said compart-.

n-ect with said attendants compartment by Each ofthe stock-compartment doorshas in its upper panel two ventilatin g-openin gs f,

the upper story there is an attendants. comhave separate doors except the. two central.

provided with suitable stops '1' at opposite ends, there being a rail 1' for each two. doors.

The doors for thestock-compartments'of thev lower deck are hung'from rails R provided 5 with similar stops at their ends. There are 'also'intermediate stops g on rails 07 Ri be tween each pair of doors to limit their-move c ment 'towardveach other inopeningthem,

' and-in order toavoid'accidentalclosing, as

'10" when the cars are loaded on aslight grade, I provide couplingsconsisting of a hook-bolt 2'? on the-inner member of the door-frame-offf one door-and aplate e on the like frame inember of the adjacent 'd'ooigsaid plate being pro-''. videdwith asftaple to which-"the bolt-1"? may be hooked. By thismea'us I am also able to keep thedoors'wide open either when the empty cars are standing in a yard won a excellent means for thorough ventilation.

L In order to provide plenty of air and en tilation' for the stock-compartmenta- I form openings 1' in each sideof the car and on oppositesides of the troughs 'or in a .line with I theheads of the stock. tied to these troughs. Theseopenings are each ,proyidedwith suit-- able registers for regulating ventilation or closing the openings altogether. In the draw- 3o ings I have shown these registers as consist- I ing of two perforated sliding Shl tters g, movable relatively to each other t bring their.

perforationsmore or less into 0 out of regis-" i, 1, ter with one another, saidgshuii rs also serv- 3 5 in g as a means for supplying theitroughswith food taken from the chambers Ei-underneath, v The floors A and A of the lo' wer and upper decks are provided withperforations mV for the drainage ofthe liquidinanure, that 4o from the' upper floor being collected on a sheet-metal ceiling C for the lower deck, which is, preferably channeled and arranged in spch manner as to cause such liquid nannreto flow to drain-pipes 1), that extend down along the sides of the car in each stockcompartment-and discharge near the bolster 4 under the car. I

The solid manure is-removed from the ,several compartments through openings 0 in'the 5o lower-deck floor and o in the upper-deck floor, which latter are immediately above the former, so that such'manure' can be removed through saidlowjer openings 0; These openings are-or may be normally closed-bytrap- '5 5 doors in very cold weather. Otherwisefthey act asventilators; For the purpose of watering the stock-I provide a distributing system-and connections whereby the stock on a train of cars may be. simultaneously watered at wateringstations, the supply beingfltaken from the .usual'watering-tanks that supply locomo tives. There are two mains H,ru nning lengthwise of I the upper-deck floor along oppos te 5 sides of the car, whose terminals are contrain, t e air-vent 'being waterheginsto flow therethrough. On the structed tohreceiv either a flexible hosecouplingl ot well-known construction for connecting a line of mains of a train in series orto recelve'agvalveddischarge-spout P for applicationtoftheIterminal of the last main .70

of a ;:lin'eof -.snch, which serves not only as discil'arge for water, but more especially as an air-vent .in supplying a line of mains with water, and, lastly, to receive a flexible hose-; couplingM N O for application to the initiaL of the first main of a line of such and for coupling-to the discharge ofa supply or watering tank, such couplings being well known,

and as they may be of any desired construc: tion itwill not benecessary to enter into a detailed description thereof. To each of these mains H are tapped vertical distributing pipes .K and K, connnunicating with each;

s d ng or while such empty cars are in tran- 20 mt; from one place to another, thus affording.

other, there being of course two such pipes for each stock-compartment, and they 3.!058'5 provided with stop-cocks L and L, respectively. The pipes K dip into'the troughs l3 ofthe lower deck, whilethe pipes K risj'e through the bottom of the troughs B of the upper deck and have hoods to prevent fo ddei igo ente'ing the same. It will readily be seen that when a main H of the forward car, ifozi instance, is coupled to a water-tank and ithe air-vent-P of thefinain of thelast car open ,(M as well as the stop cocks L and L, \vateii qlill g5 be sup lied to the t oug s throughoutt eg, ,losed as soon a other bland, afterthe stock has been watered the walterfrom the, uppe. troughs can beioo drained 1. to the lower troughs and thence discharge through waste-pipes Luciana-11y close 'by plugs m. s I

Ha ing thus described my-invention, what I claim as new,thereiu, and desire to secure .105 by Letters Patient, isj LA doubleP-deck stock-car, comprising a. metallic uhdeLbody, a metallic 'underframing for the upper compartment forming the top of the lower compartment, trucks beno tween the side sills, flanged bolsters whose flanges= are adapted to rest on the-ends of the trucks'fand support the ear -substantially as set forth. i

; 2 ."'A" double-deck; stock car, comprisinga i1 5 metallic underframe, a metallic underframingfor the upper compartment, metallic posts connecting the side sills of the two tra nings,-

flanged bolsters on the lower framih g adapted to rest on'the trucks, and diagonaltension 11%" members from the line of support to the side sills-of the trainings, substantially as t,

forth.

.In'- testimony; whereof 1' have signed my name to this specification in'the' presence of rzs two subscribing witnesses.

EU GRAPHA'IS I RYKOVSK OFF. Witnesses:

N. TSCHEKALOFF,

J. HIERLING. 

